Utility to fix npm dependencies

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Software Engineering Team Lead and Director of Cloudsure

Sunday, 9 October 2022 · Estimated 1 minute read

There is a utility called npm-check that offers the ability to interactively update outdated, incorrect or unused dependencies:

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npx npm-check --update

Take a look at the switches. It offers way more than just that.

Usage

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npx npm-check <path> <options>
# Path = Where to check. Defaults to current directory. Use -g for checking global modules.
# Options = Choose from the switches available.
# Help -> npx npm-check --help

Switches

Switch	Description
-u, --update	Interactive update.
-y, --update-all	Uninteractive update. Apply all updates without prompting.
-g, --global	Look at global modules.
-s, --skip-unused	Skip check for unused packages.
-p, --production	Skip devDependencies.
-d, --dev-only	Look at devDependencies only (skip dependencies).
-i, --ignore	Ignore dependencies based on succeeding glob.
-E, --save-exact	Save exact version (x.y.z) instead of caret (^x.y.z) in package.json.
--specials	List of depcheck specials to include in check for unused dependencies.
--no-color	Force or disable color output.
--no-emoji	Remove emoji support. No emoji in default in CI environments.
--debug	Debug output. Throw in a gist when creating issues on github.